EXORTATION OF THE DAWN

An Indian poet and dramatist, Kalidasa lived sometime between c. 170 and AD 634 . Little is known about Kalidasa's life. According to legend, the poet was known for his beauty which brought him to the attention of a princess who married him.
In addition to his plays, Kalidasa wrote two surviving epic poems Raghuvamsha ("Dynasty of Raghu") and Kumarasambhava ("Birth of the War God"), as well as the lyric "Meghaduta" ("Cloud Messenger"). He is generally considered to be the greatest Indian writer of any epoch.

THIS IS THE DAY

"Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!

Look to this Day!

For it is Life, the very Life of Life.

In its brief course lie all the

Verities and Realities of your Existence.

The Bliss of Growth,

The Glory of Action,

The Splendor of Beauty;

For Yesterday is but a Dream,

And To-morrow is only a Vision;

But To-day well lived makes

Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,

And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.

Look well therefore to this Day!

Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!"

Kalidasa

(acknowledgements to Alayana Apple's blog where I first came across this poem...http://www.encouragements-whispers.blogspot.com/ )